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Ireland·DR Congo·Human Rights

Death of Congolese man in Dublin renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland

Monday, 1 June 2026, 06:16 · 1 min read

Irish authorities have authorised a second postmortem on Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese man who died on 15 May after being restrained by department store security guards on a Dublin street, with footage circulated on social media showing him face down with a man appearing to kneel on his neck. Sakila, who had lived in Ireland since 2004 and was reportedly residing in a homeless shelter, was pursued after an alleged shoplifting incident at Arnotts on Henry Street and was found unresponsive when police from An Garda Síochána (Ireland's national police force) arrived; he was later pronounced dead at the Mater hospital. The case has drawn comparisons to the killing of George Floyd and prompted rallies and vigils in Dublin, while the Democratic Republic of the Congo's foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, travelled to Ireland to meet the family and senior Irish officials, urging that scrutiny of the circumstances not fade — amid a broader debate over race relations in a country where anti-immigrant sentiment has been on the rise.

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